[quote=6packscaredy]I’ve had fun teachers, funny teachers, interestingcteachers, depressed teachers, knowledgeable teachers, but no one who has ever caused me to learn more than I get from a book.[/quote]
But none of those characteristics make a good teacher. Maybe some of those make a good friend or person to be around, but definitely not a good teacher. SK listed some characteristics that make a good teacher. If you were never had a teacher who increased your motivation, curiosity, critical thinking skills, make you want to actually learn about something you didn’t before, make you change your perspective on things, open up your horizon with new ideas, then I seriously believe you’ve never had experienced with a good teacher. I’ve had some great ones that had some of those criteria. I also had some really bad one that had none of those criteria and talked to the board the whole class long. Kids were either sleeping or passing note the entire time and he didn’t even notice.
